Rule 10.5 - Icing the Puck

(a) Icing the puck is completed the instant the puck crosses the goal line, and the Referee or Linesman shall immediately blow their whistle, stopping play. If the puck shall have entered the goal, the icing shall not be called and a goal shall be allowed.

For the purpose of this rule, the centre red line will divide the ice into halves. Should any player of a team, equal or superior in numerical strength to the opposing team, shoot, “bat” or deflect the puck from her own half of the ice, beyond the goal line of the opposing team, play shall be stopped and the puck faced-off at the end zone face- off spot of the offending team.

If during the play, the puck shall have entered the net of the opposing team, the goal shall be allowed, except if the puck has been batted with the hand into the opposing net. Any contact with the puck over the centre red line, with the puck continuing down over the goal line, nullifies “icing” the puck.

Note 1: If during the period of a delayed whistle due to a foul by a player of the side NOT in possession of the puck, the side in possession “ices” the puck, the face-off following the stoppage of play shall take place in the neutral zone near the defending team blue line of the team “icing” the puck.

Note 2: A team shall not be considered below the numerical strength of its opponent by reason of a penalized player remaining in the penalty box after her penalty has expired.

Note 3: When the puck is shot and rebounds from the body or stick of an opponent in her own half of the ice and crosses the goal line of the player shooting, it shall NOT be considered as “icing”.